Can hotel pizza fliers be dangerous? Walt Disney World thinks so...

[paul436]

This is a good idea. You only want people on your property who have legitimate and authorized business there. Anything else leaves you open to any sort of problem. Most will only drop off menus but you need only one burglary/robbery/mugging/or worse to say, "Boy, we could have prevented this!". I work in the security field in NYC and can definitively say that some people dropping off menus are also using the task to look for an opportunity to commit a crime.

 

[Testtrack321]

If this law gets passed and Disney posts a multi-language warning on the door saying something to the effect of...

"For your security, do not purchase food from unknown solicitations. If you wish to purchase any food for your room the front desk can provide you legitimate take out menus for off-site businesses."

 

[flavious27]

Unfortunately, when people vacation, they seem to forget to pack their brains and common sense. Plus with everything becoming cashless, people are used to using a CC.

Next time you are in a park watch and see how many times you see a child trying to keep up with his/her parents who are 20-30 feet ahead of them. I was shocked when I first noticed this.



WDW should only let guests staying at the resort through the gates after the restaurants close. There is no reason for anyone else to be there. If people are coming to visit you, they should have to call the room and verify with the guests.

With our society going towards more cashless solutions people are getting sloppy, I agree with that. But they really shouldn't be, the time and aggravation to dispute charges should keep people on their heels. People will secure their wallets and purses on vacation, but not care when they open them up.

As for absent minded parents, this magazine cover is telling.

 

[GrumpySue]

We also had the fliers under our door at the Polynesian last October and I was really shocked, it gave me the creeps. We go every year and stay at different hotels on Disney property and have never seen this happen before. They need to really beef up their security, who knows who's walking around these hotels at night.

 

[wm49rs]

I wouldn't mind seeing a decrease in this as well. Unfortunately, due to the more "open" nature of these resorts, I'm not sure what the endgame will be. I know the condo resort where we usually stay has "banned" a large number of these restaurants from delivering on the grounds. But then again, the gates are larger, the security seems to be a little tighter, and there's no busses rolling through on a regular basis.

 

[flavious27]

I wouldn't mind seeing a decrease in this as well. Unfortunately, due to the more "open" nature of these resorts, I'm not sure what the endgame will be. I know the condo resort where we usually stay has "banned" a large number of these restaurants from delivering on the grounds. But then again, the gates are larger, the security seems to be a little tighter, and there's no busses rolling through on a regular basis.

The only way to restrict access to the hotels would be a centralized check in center, I don't know how keen tdo would be on that kind of expense or change in guest experience.

 

[wm49rs]

The only way to restrict access to the hotels would be a centralized check in center, I don't know how keen tdo would be on that kind of expense or change in guest experience.

A central check-in center won't prevent people from gaining access through the busses, especially at the parks or DtD. With a resort and park complex as large as WDW's, there's not too much that can be currently done save for heightened security and vigilence.

 

[flavious27]

A central check-in center won't prevent people from gaining access through the busses, especially at the parks or DtD. With a resort and park complex as large as WDW's, there's not too much that can be currently done save for heightened security and vigilence.

True but they wouldn't be able to move from resort to resort using their own van, it would also take longer to cover the whole park with the same crew because they would need to go back to ttl, dtd or a park in order to get to the next hotel. Also, disney security would be suspicious of guests that are hopping off one bus from a resort and getting on a bus to another resort.

 

[wm49rs]

True but they wouldn't be able to move from resort to resort using their own van, it would also take longer to cover the whole park with the same crew because they would need to go back to ttl, dtd or a park in order to get to the next hotel. Also, disney security would be suspicious of guests that are hopping off one bus from a resort and getting on a bus to another resort.

You're looking only at the resort guests. There's infinite others visiting the water parks, DtD, golfing, or simply going to the park for a day, to say nothing of having dinner or visiting a club such as Jellyrolls on any particular night. The numbers far exceed the resources WDW Security has to monitor them all.

 

[Random Vids Inc]

i find the flyers annoying and odd how these people get on property. Obviously, the gate guards are pointless. It's too easy to get past them.

Don't blame the gate guards. How easy is it to get on a Downtown Disney bus and head to any hotel?

 

[flavious27]

You're looking only at the resort guests. There's infinite others visiting the water parks, DtD, golfing, or simply going to the park for a day, to say nothing of having dinner or visiting a club such as Jellyrolls on any particular night. The numbers far exceed the resources WDW Security has to monitor them all.

True, the amount of visitors and also employees that could look the other way would undermine a locked down wdw. If guests never ordered, that would shut these operations down.